Quizzes are 1 side of a sheet of paper. I really like this because it forces me to cut off any question(s) that really aren't worthwhile to gauge the ideas that are on the quiz. The students like it because it's fairly short (though they also tend to be rather difficult as well). I also have been putting scales on the back of the paper. These make it easy to go through and quickly mark where a student is. The scales are basically the same as the rubric I've made for the course. I believe I got the idea from Matt Townsley at some point, but I'm not completely certain anymore. Anyways, here's what a sample quiz looks like in my math classes this year (this is a quiz from Math 1 in the Exponential Unit):
I've been using the backs so students can mark where they think they are and then when I go through and grade I can quickly mark where I think they are as well. At the least, this has kept them honest about where they are in their learning. I'd like to use this a bit more, but it's at least a start for now.
The second thing that I'm going to start with next week I picked up on another blog (but I do not know where anymore). I had been using half sheets of paper to do the bell ringer for the first 5-10 minutes of class, but I think I am going to start using 1 sheet of paper (front-back) and just put the bell ringers up in clear magazine holders. It should conserve paper a bit better than I have been doing this year. Also, I have added a short reflection to the end of the week for students to fill out so I can look through and see if a bunch of students are still struggling with certain concepts (so I know to hit them again next week).
Need to keep up on blogging more, but it kinda falls by the wayside during the school year.
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